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On the last day before the Holiday break Academy students spent the afternoon with endless rides on go-karts, playing games and soaking each other on the bumper boats at Celebration Station! This annual end of the year get together allows our students, teachers and supporters a wonderful opportunit...

On December 19th, the Foundation celebrated the Holiday season with our 3rd Music ‘n Mistletoe event at the Amalie Arena. Board Members, sponsors and their guests enjoyed a buffet dinner, Live Auction and Program in the Firestick Grill before heading to their VIP seats in the arena for the new Ci...

Celebration of the 39th annual Chi Chi Charity Classic opened with a special red, white and blue salute to our Veterans as sponsors and guests gathered to enjoy two fun filled days of golf featuring 11 different restaurants from the on-course Cuisine King Food Village. A sit down dinner by Bays...

One of the many reasons the Chi Chi Academy is unique is the use of golf as a tool to learn. Twice a week, The First Tee Program Director Karen Wise, PGA works with Academy students during the Physical Education class. The First Tee programs are designed around teaching young people the game of g...

On September 29th, over 125 participants enjoyed a 3.1 mile track throughout the newly renovated golf course, led by the Chick-fil-A Westfield Countryside Cow in a Pace Golf Cart. The weekend started with a packet pick up party on Friday at the Chi Chi Sports Complex featuring food from CiCi...

The First Tee welcomed 298 campers for the Life Skills Experience this summer! Students enjoyed course time at least one day each week, along with driving range access and various games designed for fun as well as learning core values and healthy habits. This year we surprised participants by filmi...

The Pinellas County Urban League invited The First Tee Program Director Karen Wise along with Coaches Chris Barry and Lizette Soto to provide a Core Values Workshop for 15 students in their STYLE program (Summer Training in Youth Leadership & Employment). This workshop was in conjunction w...

At the June Charity Breakfast, Tournament Director Tracy West announced a tournament record of $2,619,684 was generated this year for local nonprofits. We are honored to be a part of this event and thank the many hard working people who are responsible for the growing success of this premier Tam...

This spring three members of our team continued their education with The First Tee by attending Coach Trainings around the country. It is important for Coaches to grow their knowledge of best practices within the Network of over 150 chapters across the country; this promotes the latest youth de...

This year’s Valspar Championship had a stacked field of players from all over the world! As part of The First Tee day on the Thursday round, 11 of our participants were Standard Bearers for the late tee times, including golfers like Jordan Spieth, Zach Johnson, Henrick Stenson and Tiger Woods! Thi...

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